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Now that's depressing
I started to type "pedestrian" into Duck Duck Go, and the first auto-complete suggestion was "pedestrian hit by car". Even more depressing: the first hit on "pedestrian roundabouts" advised pedestrians to watch out for bicyclists who had been ordered to ride on the walking path. But it did assume that there would be a refuge island in the middle of the crosswalk "allowing you to concentrate on traffic coming from only one direction at a time.". I don't off-hand recall having ever seen either a crosswalk or a refuge island at a roundabout, but I don't get around much any more. That was from the State of New York, which, as is well known, has insane laws, so it's not as depressing as it might be. On the other hand, the second site (anonymous attribution: https://www.epermittest.com/drivers-...ay-roundabouts) that I read advises: Keep in mind that you may encounter pedestrians pushing bicycles at roundabout crosswalks. While cyclists are permitted to use the roundabout like other vehicles, they often take the *safer option* of wheeling their bicycles over the crosswalk. Emphasis added. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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